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| | Gardens without boundaries by Paul Cooper
Available October 2003. 176pp, c.120 photographs in full colour. For any garden owner interested in garden design whether their garden is urban or rural,small or large to show how they can dispense with conventional barriers such as walls and fences. The first book thart covers this specific area of garden design.
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RHS Wisley Handbooks : Irises by Sidney Linnegar & Jennifer Hewitt
2003. 96pp. A concise and informative guide to growing irises. How to choose the best irises for your soil and situation. Expert advice on planting, propagation and care. Recommended plants for the best results.
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| | Potted histories: An artistic voyage through plant exploration by Sandra Knapp
2003. 336pp, landscape format, 300 colour illus. The history of garden plants is not the only one of science, but also of adventure and human achievement, illustrated here from the treasure of original botanical art held in the collections of the Natural History Museum. Potted Histories is an enchanting voyage of discovery capturing the excitement and wonder of plant exploration through art.
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RHS Wisley Handbooks : Lilies
2002. 96pp. a concise and informative guide to growing lilies. How to chose the best lilies for your soil and situation. Expert advice on planting, propagation and care. Recommended plants for the best results.
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 | RHS Wisley Handbooks : Primroses and Auriculas
2003. 94pp. A concise and inforamtive guide to growing primroses and auriculas. How to choose the best primroses and auriculas for your soil and situation. Expert advice on planting, propagation and care. Recommended plants for the best results.
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RHS Wisley Handbooks : Hostas
2002. 96pp. A concise and informative guide to growing hostas. How to choose the best hostas for your soil and situation. Expert advice on planting, propagation and care. Recommended plants for the best results.
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 | RHS Wisley Handbooks : Hardy Geraniums
2003. 96pp. A concise and informative guide to growing hardy geraniums. How to choose the best geraniums for your soil and situation. Expert advice on planting, propagation and care. Recommended plants for the best results.
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Perfect plant, perfect place by Roy Lancaster
2001. 448pp. An invaluable practical planner for growing plants both in the garden and the home. The author's personal plant selection for a comprehensive range of sites, conditions and design schemes. Over 1,800 sumptuous colour photographs illustrate the plant recommendations. Features plants for all indoor and outdoor environments, from ideal houseplants for sunny rooms to suitable shrubs for coastal areas. Includes practical suggestions for problem situations and expert advice on all aspects of caring for your plants throughout the year.
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 | Plant partners by Anna Pavord
2001. 240pp. The author selects her star plants: the herbaceous perennials, bulbs and annuals that no garden should be without. By giving each of her "stars" its perfect partners she solves, season by season,the most frustrating of gardening problems- what to plant with what. Stunning photographs,and the delightful way in which Anna brings to life the characters and qualities of her chosen plants, will fire the imaginations of all gardeners, whatever their level of expertise.
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The Gardener's year by John Ferguson and Burkhard Mucke
2003. 168pp. This book is a unique practical guide to gardening that reflects the natural cycle of the year. Instead of setting out month by month tasks, it divides the year into nine seasons, defined by easily observed signals, such as the colour of oak leaves for autumn or the appearance of snowdrops for pre-spring. So no matter how far north, south, sheltered or exposed your garden is, you can be sure to be pruning your roses or planting your bulbs at exactly the right time.
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 | The Complete Supergardener by Alan Titchmarsh
2003. 304pp. Packed with hints and tips from gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh, The Complete Supergardener shows that if you tackle your garden with a handful of common sense, you'll find satisfaction and enjoyment. Essential advice on gardening tasks and techniques, from planting seeds to making a water garden. An invaluable companion for beginners and experienced gardeners alike.
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Cassell's Encyclopedia of gardening. Foreword by Alan Titchmarsh
1995. 704pp. Over 4,000 flowers, trees and shrubs arranged alphabetically for quick and easy reference. Detailed descriptions of main species and recommended varieties. Expert advice on plant care and cultivation. Step by step coverage of essential gardening skills. Over 2,000 specially commissioned photographs.
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| | Discovering annuals by Graham Rice
1999. 192pp. Graham Rice, the undisputed leading expert on annuals, presents his choice of the best varieties and provides all the planting ideas and practical instruction you need to transform your garden.
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Plants for dry gardens: beating the drought by Jane Taylor
1998. 192pp. The ultimate guide to choosing plants that will flourish during times of drought. A unique comprehensive catalogue of more than 1,000 species that thrive in dry conditions. Complete with tips for improving and managing dry soil, sustaining healthy growth with minimal watering and planting for shade and shelter.
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 | The garden in winter by Rosemary Verey
1988. 168pp. This is a unique, practical and inspirational guide to creating a garden that looks and feels good through out the year, even when the frost bites and plants are enveloped by a mantle of snow. The authoritative text is illustrated with more than 140 full colour photographs, many specially taken for this book. The author proves that by creating a successful winter garden, you will have a garden that looks wonderful throughout the year.
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Secret gardens by Jennifer Potter
1998. 156pp. A secret garden is a magical place - a quiet haven where we can take refuge from a hostile world, rediscover the thrills of childhood, or hide ourselves away for intimate encounters. This book explains the design principals of any types of secret spaces, including secluded garden rooms, romantic arbours and bowers, urban courtyards and rooftops, wild and woodland gardens, dens, grottoes and treehouses.
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| | From bud to seed : Great Perennials
2001. 94pp. Observe ten spectacular perennials as they are rarely seen, from bud to bloom to foliage and seedhead.
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From bud to seed: Great annuals
2001. 94pp. Discover the secret lives of ten stunning annuals as they develop from bud to flower, through foliage to seedhead.
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 | Outdoor living : Designing a garden for relaxation, entertaining and play by Richard Key
2000. 192pp. More than just showcases for plants or mere vegetable patches, gardens are an integral part of your home. In this innovative and illuminating guide, the author shows you how to create an outdoor room that the whole family can enjoy. Whether you have a country garden or a tiny city backyard, you will find plenty of ideas to make the most of your outdoor life.
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The Ultimate visual guide to successful plant harmony. The encyclopedia of planting combinations by Tony Lord
2002. 416pp. A comprehensive guide to the most imaginative and visually effective plant combinations with which to create a beautiful garden all year round. More than 4,000 classic and innovative combinations show how to create the most successful planting schemes. Over 1,000 plants featured in superb full-colour photographs, including shrubs and small trees, climbers, roses, perennials, bulbs and annuals. Provides everything you need to know to create the perfect setting in which to display key or favorite plants to their best advantage. At a glance symbols indicate ideal growing conditions for each plant. Detailed information about which plants go best together according to location,soil type, climatic and/or seasonal considerations.
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 | Take two plants: Over 400 tried and tested plant pairs for every garden site by Nicola Ferguson
2002. 264pp. Paperback. Garden borders will be transformed into overnight successes with this unique book which revolutionizes the way we select and combine plants. This book takes the risk out of plant purchasing by providing a bank of 400 plant pairs each of which is made up of plants that not only enjoy the same association of colour, texture and plant form. Accurate descriptions of the individual plants and their requirements are followed by a detailed description of how they work together as a complementary unit throughout the year. Illustrated with colour photographs for each of the 400 plant pairs, this book is the fast track to successful, long lasting borders.
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Family gardens by Bunny Guinness
1996. 168pp. Paperback. The first gardening book to reconcile the needs of plant loving adults with those of exuberant children. Innovative ideas to fulfil childhood fantasies. Water features from ponds to bubble fountains. How to make a treehouse, barbecue, wendy house, double swing, paddling pool and sand pit. Encouraging wildlife into the garden. Safe plant section. Plans for family gardens of all sizes. Climbing equipment "tough plant" directory etc.
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| | Tough plants for tough places by Gary Vergine & Michael Jefferson-Brown
1999. 256pp. Paperback edition. This book provides a selection of high-performance -plants that positively thrive in rigorous growing conditions. This unique book will help you identify the conditions in your garden, recognize how certain plants are adapted to cope with them and prove that even tough places can become beautiful gardens.
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The Plantfinder's guide to early bulbs by Rod Leeds
2000. 192pp. This authoritative book on early-flowering bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes includes many tried and tested favorites as well as more challenging and rare bulbs to tempt the adventurous grower. All are highly valued for the colour and interest they bring to a garden in late winter and early spring. Bulbs for the open border and container. Using microclimates to grow tender bulbs. Advice for growing under glass. Soil mix, watering and feeding. Propagation techniques for beginner and specialist. Recent plant discoveries. Sourcing rare plants.
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 | The Plantfinder's guide to Tender perennials by Ian Cooke
1998. 192pp. Tender perennials achieve the attention they deserve in this refreshing book which brings a new understanding to the way we garden with this rewarding group of plants. Authoritative and packed with expertise this book enables you to get the best out of popular plants like Pelargonium, Nicotiana and Osteospermum while also providing advice on how to successfully introduce less-common glories like Abutilon, Hedychium and Canna into the garden. A carefully selected A-Z of recommended plants not only lists accurate and detailed plant descriptions but also offers practical information on propagation, cultivation and care.
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Plant problems: prevention and control by Stefan Buczacki
2000. 224pp. Hardback. The one-stop reference book from Stefan Buczacki, the real expert on plant problems. How to prevent problems occurring in the garden, understand what plants need for good health. Includes pests, diseases and weeds. Traditional, organic and "commonsense" remedies. Quick reference key to 100 most common plant problems. Unique and fully comprehensive keys to weeds and all common plant pests, diseases and disorders.
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 | The Gardener's guide to growing Peonies by Martin Page
2002. 160pp. A complete practical guide to growing and collecting these magnificent flowering plants and using them to best effect in the garden. History, distribution, cultivation, garden uses, pest and disease control, comprehensive A-Z listings, national collections, people and their plants. Includes original colour photographs for identification purposes and to show the range of plants available.
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The Gardener's guide to growing Cannas by Ian Cooke
2001. 160pp. Hardback. A complete practical guide to growing and collecting these flamboyant flowering plants and using them effectively in the garden. History. Botany. Cultivation. Propation. Preventing pests and diseases. colections worldwide. Breeding new varieties. Complete A-Z of plants. Includes original colour photographs for identification, inspirational garden shots and detailed botanical illustrations.
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 | The Gardener's guide to growing Hostas by Diana Grenfell
2002 Paperback. 160pp. A complete, practical guide to growing and collecting one of the most beautiful foliage plants and using it to best effect in the garden. History and origins. Botany. People and their plants. Cultivation. Propagation. Garden value. showing hostas. National reference collections. Pests and problems. Comprehensive A - Z of hostas in cultivation. Includes original photographs, high quality botanical illustrations for identification purposes and inspirational shots to illustrate planting ideas.
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The Gardener's guide to growing Dahlias by Gareth Rowlands
1999. 160pp. Hardback. A complete practical guide to growing and collecting these delightful flowering plants and using them to best effect in the garden. History. Botany. Types of Dahlia. Propagation. Pest and disease control. Comprehensive A-Z of plants. National collections. Breeding new varieties. Exhibiting plants. Includes original colour photographs for identification purposes, inspirational shots of the plants in situ and detailed botanical illustrations.
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 | The Gardener's guide to growing Salvias by John Sutton
1999. 160pp. Hardback. A complete practical guide to growing and collecting these delightful flowering plants and using them to best effect in the garden. History. Botany. Garden cultivation. Propagation. Pest and disease control. Comprehensive species and cultivar descriptions. National collections. People and their plants. International activity. Includes original colour photographs for identification purposes, inspirational shots of the plants in situ and detailed botanical illustrations.
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The Gardener's guide to growing Lilies by Michael Jefferson-Brown and Harris Howland
2002. 157pp. Paperback. A complete practical guide to growing these bulbs with their spectacular flowers, and using them to best effect in the garden. Botany and ecology. Cultivation. Propagation. Plant associations. Detailed descriptive lists. Collectors and collections. Breeding new varieties. Includes superb full page colour pictures and detailed line artwork of the flowers, enabling easy identification of even the most elusive varieties.
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 | The Gardener's guide to growing Hardy Geraniums by Trevor Bath & Joy Jones
2000. 157pp. A complete, practical guide to growing these attractive hardy perennials and making the most of them in the garden. Planting and propagating, plant associations, detailed lists of species and cultivars in A-Z form for easy reference and National collections.
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The Gardener's guide to growing Irises by Geoff Stebbings
2001. 160pp. A complete, practical guide to growing and collecting these magnificent flowering plants and using them to best effect inthe garden. History, classification, cultivation, propagation, garden uses, full listings of popular groups, Hybridizing, National collections, People and their plants. Includes original colour photographs with plant portraits for identification purposes and inspirational shots to illustrate planting ideas.
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 | The Garden By Howard Loxton
36pp, with 597 illustrations, 473 in colour. This lavishly illustrated volume brings together all elements: botanical, social, philosopical and horticultural. These elements have shaped the gardens of the world, both past and present. Grand in presentation and scope, indispensable in its combination of stimulating narrative and sound practical advice.
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Urban sanctuaries: creating peaceful havens for the city gardener by Stephen Anderton
144pp. This book contains a wealth of inspiration on how to create your own sanctuary - an oasis of calm away from the stresses and demands of urban life. Includes imaginative and detailed design and planting solutions for every style of urban garden, from "outdoor" rooms to courtyards; from sheltered corners to balconies and roof gardens.
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| | New decorated garden: transform your garden with contemporary elements
143pp. Transform your garden with contemporary elements: furniture, lighting, art and sculpture, containers, decorative plant supports, topiary, summerhouses and retreats, water features, groundworks etc. Elegant curves transform a boxy suburban lawn; large-scale plants bring drama to a tiny concrete yard; sensual forms and rippling water soften a rooftop deck; bright colours in plants, paints and fabrics revitalize a space for socializing. Be inspired by the New Decorated Garden to bring style to your outside space.
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Gardenwork: A step by step guide to vital gardening tasks through the year by Steven Bradley
270pp. Every gardener wants a garden that looks good all year round. Gardenwork shows how, with careful planning and regular seasonal tasks, this can be successfully achieved.
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 | Planted Junk: gardening with recycled containers by Adam Caplin
143pp. Junk pots - often beautiful in themselves - can be planted up to enhance the overall garden look. Ceramic, stone and glass, wood and wicker, metal, and plastic: a vast array of everyday objects find new lives as planted junk.
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Interiorscapes: gardens within buildings by Paul Cooper
Available May 2003. 176pp, c.120 colour photographs. Interiorscapes are gardens within buildings, either covered or open to the air. These are true gardens not "Garden rooms" nor "inside-outside rooms". Popular not just in cities where space is at premium but also in countries with extreme climates, many of today's leading architects and landscape designers, such as Martha Schwartz, Isamu Noguchi, Dan kiley, and Georg Penker, now percieve planted interiors as the most sympathetic kind of envirment for people to live and work in. Interiorscapes is an up-to-date examination of the developing art of creating gardens in interior spaces. Looking at both private and public gardens, the book shows how many of the world's most exciting landscape designers and architects are responding to the needs of modern living by reating gardens that make it difficult to tell where nature ends and architecture begins.
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 | Gardens by the sea by Barbara Segall
160pp, 140 colour photographs. This work highlights 20 of the world's most inspiring coastal gardens. Photographs show the gardens in their full glory, while Barbara Segall reveals the secrets behind the magic in her detailed descriptions.
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Gardens by the sea by Alexandra d' Arnoux, Erica Lennard & Bruno de Laubadere
Nov 2002. 240pp, 250 colour and 25 b&w illus. Whether wild and rambling, sprouting from the surrounding landscape, or a formally designed property punctuated with sculpture, gardens by the sea are infused with romance and beauty. This illustrated volume gives a view of these gardens, from the USA to France to Tunisia.
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 | The patio garden by Hazel Evans
168pp, 120 colour photographs and artworks. Whatever the space available, this book offers many ideas for creating a new outdoor room. Examples of some of the best existing patios demonstrate how to put good design principles into practice, and provide varied solutions for tackling every situation.
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The cutting garden: Growing and arranging garden flowers
1996. 168pp, 400 colour photographs, 4 planting plans. This practical guide shows how to grow decorative flowers and foliage and use them to create floral arrangements plans, bunches to romantic hanging globes, swags ands medallions.
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 | Plants for the dry garden: beating the drought by Jane Taylor
1998. 192pp, 120 colour photographs. This guide to choosing and caring for drought-tolerant plants include information on drought beating gardening techniques and designs, showing how to make gardens that will flourish during a water shortage. The book discusses the range of climates and habitats in which drought arises.
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Pure style outside by Jane Cumberbatch
160pp, 300 colour photographs. Here is the definitive guide to making the most of any outside space. With the focus on all things simple, the author offers timeless solutions that translate into any setting, beautifully photographed, the book us guaranteed to show every style conscious reader the way to the best dressed garden.
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| | Courtyard Gardens by Dr Toby Musgrave
2000. 160pp, 180 colour photographs. Imaginative ideas showing ways to extend the house into an outdoor living space without having to build a conservatory or extension. Offers comprehensive coverage of a wide range of courtyard situations, so readers can choose elements that suit their lifestyle, taste, and the specifications and climatic conditions of their courtyard.
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Inside out by Gilly Love
2000. 144pp, 200 colour photographs. Bridging the gap between interiors and exteriors, this work offers ideas for tranforming outdoor space. Applying the principles of interior decorating to outside spaces, the book contains ideas for transforming all types of areas, from using painted pots to entertaining space.
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 | Outdoor Style by Amy Elizabeth Cook
2001. 128pp. Full colour throughout. If you are looking for ways to make your garden unique, without spending too much time or money, then this is the book for you. Taking the four elements - earth, fire, air and water - as inspiration, Outdoor style is packed with evocative photographs and practical, easy to follow instructions. No matter what the size or layout, it will help you to personalise your outdoor setting.
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The "House and Garden" book of Country Gardens
1998. 192pp, colour illus. Some of the most beautiful gardens in the world have appeared in the pages of the House and Garden magazine and this stunning book is a celebration of the very best. Focusing on country gardens, it considers the subject under various themes, from a well-structured garden and the glory of roses to wilder gardens and decoration and ornament all of which are illustrated with superb examples.
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 | Roof Gardens, Balconies and Terraces by David Stevens
1997. 160pp, 200 colour photographs. Since the hanging gardens of Babylon were designated one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, "gardens in the air" have held a special fascination and a uniquely evocative appeal. This is a complete guide to designing and creating your very own rooftop, balcony or raised terrace heaven. Superbly illustrated and full of practical information.
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Beth Chatto's Gravel Garden by Beth Chatto
2000. 185pp, 130 colour photographs. The story of how Beth Chatto created her gravel garden on "possibly the driest, and the most windswept, pieces of soil in England". The results, portrayed in Steven Wooster's specially commissioned photographs taken through the season's testify to the triumphant outcome of the adventure.
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| | David Hicks: My kind of garden
304pp, illus in colour throughout. David Hick's was one of the great designers of the 20th century. He was primarily known for his interior design, but he was also involved with carpets, jewellery, fabrics, furniture, wallpaper, sheets and, last but not least, gardens. What he seeks to impact in this book is "style" and it is very much a style of his own. Hick's clear cut atitudes are revealed in these writings on garden design and on the gardens and styles which he admired. "What I have sought to achieve, all through my working life". he writes"is a liaison between the past and the present day whilst maintaining a practical but somewhat experimental atitude to outdated tradition. I have attempted to introduce a lot of today and some of tomorrow whilst always keeping appropriateness and the client's requirements foremost in my mind".
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